Mochi lets you place a tiny animated cat companion directly on your browser tabs, like a little friend hanging out while you browse. Pick from 20 local cat styles, drag Mochi anywhere, and keep the same cat in the same spot across tabs. It’s intentionally small and quiet, not a productivity tool, tracker, or notification machine. No accounts, analytics, ads, or remote data. Just a little cat for your tabs :3
What's great
Installed it mostly out of curiosity and it's stayed on out of actual fondness, which wasn't what I expected from a "cat on your tab" extension. It picked a personality and just sits there quietly, no popups, no "upgrade to premium" nag, nothing phoning home. Good palette of styles too, didn't expect that much variety from something this small.
What needs improvement
Only 20 styles right now and no way to import a custom sprite, so if none of the built-in cats click with you there's not much you can do about it. A community sprite pack would go a long way.
vs Alternatives
MetaPalsMetaPals leans into being a whole virtual companion with more going on. Mochi is the opposite pitch - it doesn't try to be a companion app, it's just a small drawing sitting on a tab that doesn't ask anything of you, which is honestly what I wanted.
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Thank you so much for the thoughtful review, Gal! I’m really happy that Mochi’s small and quiet nature came through. That was exactly the kind of experience I wanted to create.
You’re also right about customization. Being able to import custom sprites, or eventually have a community sprite pack, would be a really fun addition. I’ll definitely keep that in mind for future updates. Thanks again for trying Mochi and sharing such helpful feedback!
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Cute fun idea! It would be really cool if it would be an easy to install extension for different browsers (for non-techy people like myself).
@mad94 Thank you so much!! I’m glad you like Mochi, and thanks for pointing out that the installation should be easier for nontechnical users.
I’ve updated the Product Hunt video to show the complete installation process, and added a step by step guide with pictures to the GitHub repository.
Mochi should also work on Chromium based browsers like Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera, not just Chrome :3
If you use a different browser, feel free to send me a message here or email me at koustavdatascience@gmail.com. Let me know which browser you use and I’ll check it out. Mochi might be ready to make some new browser friends!!
@roykoustav maybe it's just a problem on my side that product hunt doesn't want AT ALL to let me sign in to be able to see videos. Anyway, I use Chrome and I found the GitHub link. I'll give it a try to install it.
Ok an animated tab buddy is not something I knew I wanted haha. Does it react to what's happening on the page or does it do its own thing? Either way my tabs need a pet
@yelyzaveta_kibets Haha, right now it just hangs out on your tab and doesn’t react to what’s happening on the page yet. No petting mechanic either… for now :3
Maybe that should be a future update though.
@roykoustav No petting mechanic is the real tragedy here haha. If you do add reactions later, what would you want it to react to first – scrolling, or me having 40 tabs open?
@yelyzaveta_kibets Ummm, the idea was always to keep Mochi lightweight and out of the way so it doesn’t interrupt browsing. That’s the priority, Head pats might come first, though 40 tabs could be too much for Mochi 😭
@hannahawitan yesss !!!